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EPISODE: Episode 1
On this bouncy episode we delve into the WBO, who ordered Arnold Barboza Jr and Jose Ramirez to begin negotiations, which might be for the belt if Teofimo Lopez gives it up; then we drop the explanation given by the WBC to allow Fury to fight Ngannou, and provide a few opinions, especially those boxers who were overlooked in allowing this clash to take place, before offering a few quotes from Natasha Jonas, who makes it clear she will not be knocked out by Claressa Shields because of the weight levels that currently set them apart, and conclude with a look at Jared Anderson and his next opponent, and a few upcoming bouts.
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Foreign [ Music ] boxing fans around the world thanks for joining me once again here on talk and fight for another episode of boxing news today and today is a bouncy.
Little show that’s going to skip around a few weight divisions in particular uh we’re going to talk about the WBO, who has ordered number one.
Arnold Barbosa, Jr and number two Jose Ramirez to begin negotiations for a fight that potentially could have the 140 pound belt available.
It’S according to Dan Ambrose who’s.
Writing for boxing news24.
com.
He says a w: u b a are giving the current WBO 140 pound champion Tia fomo Lopez 24 hours to let them know whether he will keep it or vacate the title according to Mike Coppinger over at ESPN, he says the Undisputed lightweight champ Devin Haney is Also being given 24 hours to let the WBO know, if he’s going to be fighting at 140.
, if so, Haney can fight Barbosa Jr for the vacant, WBO 140 pound belt, if Tio, fomo vacates it Devin does appear to be moving up in lightweight.
However, light welt weight, however, but he’s interested in fighting WBC 140 pound champ Regis Pro Grace Henny, would stand a better chance of beating progress.
Then Barbosa Jr, because he’s more Fearless throws more punches than his younger.
That would be a hard fight for fanie to face Barbosa teofimo told media after his victory over WBO light the welterweight champ Josh Taylor last month that he’s retiring from the support if he chooses to continue he’ll need to defend against Barbosa Jr who’s 28-0.
By the way – and that’s somewhat to you from what has no interest in fighting bad matchup for two female, because Barbosa Jr isn’t washed up like Josh Taylor and he would force him to a dog fight similar to the one he had against.
George Campbell’s Junior [, Music ], so the former WBC on WBO light Welterweight Champion Ramirez who’s 28-1 by the way 18 Knockouts as one of his last two fights against Richard Kami and Jose Pedraza since losing to Josh Taylor by 12 round unanimous decision in May of 2021.
– and that was for the Undisputed championship at that time, Ramirez hasn’t looked impressive.
His last four fights dating back to 2020.
The last time he looked good was when he stopped Maurice hooker in the sixth round back in 2019.
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Now, let’s look at it this way.
It would be a miracle of tifomo chose to keep his wo title and defended against Barbosa Junior Tio fomo isn’t the type that handles success? Well, and this is kind of funny last paragraph he goes after big wins.
Teofimo’S ego runs a muck crippling him like a virus taking over his body and he’s not able to handle it.
Tio Fimo is much better when his fans are counting him out and there’s nothing expect of him.
He’S a Tyson Fury, type of fighter that can’t handle success.
So, let’s see if Barbosa Jr and Jose Ramirez can in fact uh meet in the middle and let’s see if that fight can happen, it will be a Dandy if so moving along to another of the ABC’s WBC president Maurizio Suleiman has clarified the details of the Tyson Fury Nagano fight last night, it was announced that heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will be fighting in Saudi Arabia against the UFC’s former champion in a 10 round fight, he asked for special permission from the WBC.
As you know, Fury did everything possible says the WBC to fight U6, since December of last year has tried everything possible to fight Joshua to fight Andy Ruiz.
Anyway, he wasn’t able to land a top tier fight and because of that and not having efficient Challenger, he has been granted special permission to do a fight on October 28th in Saudi Arabia.
So a 10 rounder non-title Affair heading our way.
Boxing fans – I can tell you – are not happy about that.
Um Mike Coppinger over at ESPN at adds in after a fury retained his wb’s title title with a six round stoppage over dillian white in April 2022 at London’s Wembley Stadium, naganu stepped through the ropes to start the hype train that an event uh was finalized.
15 months later, the deal became a fair, far greater possibility when Nagano, the long time, UFC heavyweight, champ part of ways with Dana White uh.
In January, the 36 year old from Cameroon re-emerged with the pfl in May.
In a deal that allowed him to box.
Nagano hasn’t competed since January of 2022, with a win over Cyril gained to regain his Heavyweight Championship.
He then underwent surgery, two months later to repair torn MCL and ACL, so, rather than watching the Ghana square off with Jon Jones in the Octagon or face uh or have Fury face music, we’ll see the best big man in each fighting discipline.
Face-Off A1 figures to be one of the biggest sporting events of 2023 says mike Coppinger.
Now, let’s take a look at who Fury could have chosen and let’s take out uh number one and number two uh Wilder and you sick, but below those two.
If you’re taking a look at numbers, uh three down you’re, looking at quite a few decent names, that Fury could have fought and retained uh if you want his uh WBC belt.
So let’s have a quick look at those names that are mentioned in world boxing news.
As I said, you’re seeing uh Wilder and Louise Jr one and two and they’ve been ordered to fight their mandatory, so um, the less that are available and viable for Tyson Fury could have been Anthony.
Joshua, Frank Sanchez, arceland back mahmudov, Martin, bakoli and Jan kozabutsky.
Also in the mix Jared Anderson, Otto Wallen, ajik, caballal, Luis Ortiz and Effie jagba, now the three off the menu were dillian white, who Fury has pulverized before then Joe Joyce who’s tied up with July Zhang and Joseph Parker, his friend, he won’t ever fight.
So you could also add Joshua, as AJ admitted, he wasn’t ready when talks got underway, so Fury had nine solid job options yet opted for naganu.
So it’ll be pushing two years since his last mandatory when Fury defends the title again uh over boxing news online.
We read this report ever since he defeated Deonte Wilder in an epic third encounter back in 2021.
Fury’S move have been impossible to understand.
First, he announced his retirement after knocking out dillian white in the mandatory defense.
Then he pulled the bait and switch with Auntie Joshua.
Several times before, settling on another fight, nobody wanted with Derek chazora at the end of 2022, and the moves only have been more bizarre since then, instead of an Undisputed Heavyweight Championship, Showdown with fellow title holder, yousic Fury has done everything but to give the fans what They want he teased a boxing match with former UFC heavyweight champ, Francis Nagano, and when that didn’t materialize he started rallying off names of heavyweights.
Nobody cared about, and all that is true but delay.
The blame squarely and Furious feet is unfair and short-sighted continues this right.
He has undoubtedly caused problems in making the biggest fights, namely a monster clash with music, but it isn’t all his fault.
Take the naganu fight, for example, Fury is being offered tens of millions of pounds to block someone he could beat with one arm in a fight that wouldn’t even affect his official boxing record and should should he miraculously lose? Can you really blame him for taking that? It’S a prize Fighter’s dream.
The issue is such a fight is an option not if it’s an option if it is even an option at all.
If anyone is to blame, it’s those footing the bill of a fury and again and fight, then there’s Joshua versus white.
It actually is an intriguing rematch, particularly at this point in their careers, but as Hale points out uh.
It’S not the first choice for Joshua’s next fight.
If you ask all fans that would be wilder, it would be ridiculous, though, to blame Fury for that he’s.
Nothing to do with it by all accounts should Joshua beat white he’ll be facing Wilder in December again over in Saudi Arabia.
The blame game doesn’t really help anyone.
The issues with the heavyweight division are not the fault of one person, but rather the result of numerous failings within boxing how’s that for a punch to the gut, now speaking of punches to the guest.
Let’S move over to the women’s boxing side of things where Natasha Jonas says Clippers her Shield.
She would put her money where her mouth is.
After the American issued a knockout warning, uh directed towards Jonas uh, we’re levels apart, maybe in weight levels, but we’re getting closer.
Natasha Jonas uh, she remains open to a fight against American Clarissa Shields after Jonas became too late a world champion by securing the ibf Welterweight Title.
Um Natasha Jonas has told caressa Shields to put her money where her mouth is.
After the American Star issued a knockout warning to Britain’s world champion Shields is watching from ringside as Jonas became a two-weight world champion by stopping candy white in Manchester about a month ago to claim the ibf welterweight belt Shields has claimed that Jonas would be knocked out.
If they shared the ring, but the liver pudlian was quick to dismiss this threat.
Who has she knocked out? Let’S be honest, Jonah said we’re levels apart, maybe in weight levels but we’re getting closer.
She says: she’ll come down to 147, put her money where her mouth is and let’s see, if she does.
She said that before, but Dimitri Salida Shields promoter also said we want to do it a catchuated 156 because she couldn’t make 154 and now she says she’ll do 147.
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That’S not what her own teams are saying.
There’S lots of contradictions of what she says while Shields looms is a potential opponent Joseph Jones, also expressed Into The Clash of fellow Brit Undisputed super lightweight World Champ.
Chantal Cameron who produces Sonny, win over Katie Taylor back in May.
She emphasized their friendship would not hinder a potential fight, as both Fighters recognize the magnitude of the match-up.
That’S something that we’ve spoken about personally between us, too there’s no animosity it’ll be a big fight for both of us, and this is what it is.
It’S a big fight, she’s argued to one of the best fighters on our Shores.
She’S beat the Undisputed undefeated Undisputed champ Katie Taylor and an Undisputed champion in Jess mccaskill.
I don’t think she gets the flowers she deserves because she’s a great fighter Jonas admits there was a bigger burden of expectation on her shoulders after she became a dominant at Super welterweight being unified uh with two World titles at 154, but at the age of 39.
Jonas believes she just she’s displayed glimpses of new ring skills during her ruthless victory.
It was a fight I was supposed to win, and sometimes I feel like I added pressure to me.
I wanted to go out.
Have a good performance got a good start and show something I haven’t shown before.
I think I did that, let’s move along to someone else who’s having a bit of difficulty with this uh public Persona, Jared Anderson who’s Now set the battle uh battle, Andre rudenko.
On August 26, somewhat of a curious matchup, let’s read what uh has been said in an article posted on boxing247.
com, the unfinished product heavyweight Jared Anderson will be taking a big step backward with his career by facing veteran Andrei rudenke next month.
On August 26th, top top rank wanted to match Anderson next against John kozabutski next, but watching him get knocked silly repeatedly by Charles Martin recently has seemingly changed their plans, rudenko 35 and 6.
By the way, 21 Knockouts is 39 years old and his best years are, in the rear view, mirror he’s lost to Fury July Zhang, Alexander povetkin, Ajit kabayal and laslav sirenko.
There’S little risk for Anderson that he’ll lose to this guy unless he can’t take a punch without being wobbled.
Jared has been hurt by journeyman, Jerry Forrest and Charles Martin.
This is another 40-ish fighter Jared and some will be facing, and the idea is that he’ll improve through learning through these old vets.
If it works Jared, will take over the heavyweight division when Tyson Fury retires.
The problem with top rank, feeding Jared so many tomato cans is, he could end up like Edgar berlanga and not improve at all.
It would be smart for top rank not to continue to match.
Anderson can’t be an old faded Fighter for too long because he might be might not be mentally and physically cut to be a world champion uh level fighter.
It’S better that the promotional company find out sooner rather than later, if Jared has what it takes to be.
A world champion Anderson talking about wanting to retire at age 27.
Isn’T a good sign he’s going to be around long enough for top rank to get the most out of him, and they don’t want to feed him cans until he’s until he’s 26? And then he retires a year later, it’s a quick turnaround for the 23 year old Anderson he’s 15-0 14 Knockouts, who wants three fights this year.
He’S fought twice thus far, beating George Arias and Charles Martin uh.
That later fight was tough for Anderson, with him getting hurt.
Seemingly each time Martin nailed him cleanly, Anderson’s chin looked fragile and he appears to be timid when he was met with resistance when Martin would go on.
The attack yard would Retreat straight back with his tune.
In the air, when Martin followed, he would land luckily for Anderson Martin mostly stood still wanting to preserve his gas tank and he would let escape a younger heavyweight with a Killer.
Instinct, like arsana back and mahmudov would have followed Anderson trapped him and bludgeoned him to pieces hardcore right on quick little update here, Alicia Baumgartner looks to avenge her lone Pro lost to Christina linardu this weekend on the zone, and I think Lee taking place at the Detroit’S Masonic temple and that card also features the pro debut of Cuban amateur grade.
Andy Cruz, also on Showtime, Frank Martin, headlines, a fight with Nonito Donaire facing Alejandro Santiago for the vacant wan na WBC bantamweight title on the card as well.
So there you go a couple fights to look forward to this weekend.
I’M sure we’ll talk about them on the Friday night panel, and I thank you very much for joining me here on talk and fight appreciate.
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